When I grow up...

I want to be an A-Wing pilot...

The weekends gaming exploits

Just a few very general updates:
I managed to get a game of X-wing in over the weekend, 150 pointer so it was nice to see a good number of ships on the table. It was the first time I have seen the Rebel Transport fielded. I was a bit disappointed how easily it managed to destroy my Firespray, that accidentally managed to get in it's path (won't be doing that again in a hurry).

I saw this on eBay and was very tempted to put a bid in:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unique-Star-Wars-AT-ST-Walker-Cardboard-Costume-See-video-Home-made-/251545339303?pt=Adult_Fancy_Dress_UK&hash=item3a914545a7

Star Wars stuff

Gaming:
I haven't managed to have a game these weekend. But I am planning to read all the X-Wing scenario competition entries on The Metal Bikini . Hopefully I'll find some good missions to play soon :-) Maybe even inspire me to write a mission or two.

Video-games:I was gutted to read that Star Wars: Attack Squadrons has been binned.

Pickups:
I went away over the Bank Holiday weekend. On my travels I managed to pick up a pack of Imperial Aces. It looks a really nice addition:

X-Wing night!

Geek update:

I managed to get a game of X-Wing in at the weekend. It was a straight dog fight. I played a four X-Wing squad split into two groups of two along each flank. I lost, as I took too long to bring one of the groups into the fight. But it was pretty close. Plus I managed to kill Vader with some lucky dice roles, which almost made up for not winning…

My fleet

I love playing X-Wing. It feels like a an easy game to play (tough to master) and keeps a huge element of fun.

So far I have been using other peoples ships. But I have started a collection  of my own. Listed here in case I ever get round to hosting a game.

1 x Core set - which includes

1 x X-wing
2 x TIE Fighters

WAVE 1
1 x X-wing expansion pack

1 x TIE Fighter expansion pack

2 x Y-Wing expansion pack

1 x TIE Advance expansion pack

WAVE 2

1 x YT1300 expansion pack

1 x Firespray expansion pack

1 x A-Wing expansion pack

2 x TIE Interceptor expansion pack

WAVE 3

1 x HWK-290 expansion pack

1 x Lambda-class Shuttle expansion pack

1 x B-Wing expansion pack

2 x TIE Bomber expansion pack

So still to track down at some point:
Rebel/Imperial Aces
Rebel Transport

I managed to get pretty much all of those before an epic night of unboxing :-)